The primary race for the Ward 3 council position will be in a
little over 4 weeks. It is scheduled for Tuesday August 1, 2017.
Suffice it to say that Dave Myres is the only one of the 3 candidates
who has served our country. Justin Adrian didn’t serve. Heck he was
a Hillary Clinton delegate to the DNC and we all know what her stance was on
members of the US Military, especially in Benghazi. Gee, is Mr. Adrian
proud of supporting her for that? Jeff Vaught likes to beat his chest
alot but he never stood the watch.
How about Dave Myres? He started out as an enlisted member
of the Mississippi Army National Guard and rose to E5 in the Field
Artillery. Subsequent to that he was commissioned in Air Defense
Artillery (Patriot Missiles) as an RA officer (that’s Regular Army for those
not familiar with the term)
He served in many positions before coming off active duty as a captain, the
last being as Commanding Officer HHB, 3RD BN 43RD ADA 11th
Brigade. Among his various awards and decorations are an Army
Commendation Medal and 2 awards of the Army Achievement Medal.
For those folks who say city council is not a national office
and military service is not germane, I say hogwash. A willingness to
serve one’s country, with possible exposure to adverse conditions is, IMHO, an
indication of a person’s commitment to his fellow man.
As a former Army Staff Sergeant with service in Nam there is
only one candidate in Ward 3 that I would feel comfortable saluting…………….figuratively
and literally…………and that is Dave Myres.
